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A millennium of the book: production, design & illustration in manuscript & print, 900-1900

A millennium of the book: production, design & illustration in manuscript & print, 900-1900
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ISBN 1873040253 (UK)
1884718078 (USA)
Title A millennium of the book : production, design & illustration in manuscript & print, 900-1900 / edited by Robin Myers & Michael Harris
Publisher Winchester ; New Castle, DE : St. Paul's Bibliographies ; Oak Knoll Press, 1994
Physical desc. xii, 196 p. ; ill. (b&w), facsims., ports. ; 22 cm.
Series Publishing pathways
Note "Papers presented at the 16th annual conference on book-trade history held at the Centre for Extra-Mural Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London" -- introduction.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents Early medieval book design in England: the influence of manuscript design on the transmission of texts / Linda Nix. -- The design relationship between the manuscript and the incunable / Margaret M. Smith. -- The Aldine italic / Nicolas Barker. -- Onward and downward: how binders coped with the printing press before 1800 / Nicholas Pickwoad. -- 'Alone worth treble the price': illustrations in 18th-century English magazines / David Alexander. -- The emergence of the graphic book in the 19th century / Michael Twyman. -- Paper chase: a millennium in the production and use of paper / George Mandl.
Subject Books -- History -- Congresses
Illustration of books -- History -- Congresses
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- History -- Congresses
Added name(s) Myers, Robin
Harris, Michael 1938-
Meeting Name Conference on Book Trade History ((16th ) . 1994 , University of London)
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